California Executive Order Focuses on Worker Protections for Disruption Caused by AI

Amid a wave of AI-adjacent layoffs, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order N-6-26 (the “Order”) takes steps to protect workers from the potential disruption posed by ongoing AI innovation. According to the accompanying press release, it is part of “California’s comprehensive approach in creating commonsense guardrails balanced with opportunities to advance innovation.”…
By: Littler